Do These Candies Look Pornographic to You?

Mr Simpkins, of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, said: “The lemon and lime are locked in what appears to be a carnal encounter. The lime, whom I assume to be the gentleman in this coupling, has a particularly lurid expression on his face.”

Seriously, y’all?? FWIW, I’ve never eaten or even seen these candies and have no views on their merits as sugary comestibles. But I can see the packaging, and while it does look weird, trippy, and vaguely creepy, I think Mr. Simpkins needs to get a grip. Also, I resent the gendered and heteronormative assumptions implicit in the latter half of his statement.

I’m with KCinDC, in that whatever the green thing is, it’s not a lime. Notice that greenie is the only character with arms and legs. So what I think we have here is far more disturbing than some fruit engaging in sexual hijinks… but cross-kingdom debauchery. Sickening, really.

These candies are sold all over Europe and are made by a German candy maker called Haribo (which also makes the best gummy candies in the world, esp. the bears). If you’ve seen German ads for anything else….well, these slightly pornographic wrappers for candy won’t really surprise you.